The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Frame:none the drama of daily life

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as St Paul's Cathedral is shown complete with its spire which was destroyed by lightning in 1561

The Last Days of Pompeii is being screened at the London Pavilion Cinema across the junction

Two uniformed women stand with pigeons landing on the head and arms of one of them

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The construction of the Metropolitan District Railway c.1866 Frame:none the drama of daily lifeThe interior of the completed Paddington (Praed Street) Station, looking east towards Edgeware Road. The photographer's portable darkroom can be seen at the end of the westbound platform. From a series of 64 photographs taken in the late 1860s by Henry Flather to document the construction of the railway from Paddington to Blackfriars via Kensington, Westminster and the new Victoria Embankment. Construction was by the 'cut and cover' method used to